The ways people define privilege

What is it about?

We find that defining privilege as invisible leads to uncertainty in how to respond, defining privilege as structural and pervasive relates to greater recognition of privilege and efforts to reduce it, while defining privilege as controllable largely impedes privilege recognition and efforts to dismantle it.

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Why is it important?

How people define privilege, or lay beliefs, has important implications for understanding whether people deny or recognize privilege. Privilege discourse ought to consider people’s underlying lay beliefs of privilege, which can affect support for equality-enhancing efforts.